Monday, October 26, 2015

The Last Witch Hunter

Director Breck Eisner’s The
Last Witch Hunter started off hokey with Vin Diesel looking ridiculous
in bad 13th Century makeup and garb as he battled the Witch Queen
(Julie Engelbrecht), who created the Great Plague.

But, within 5 minutes,
those who stayed were in the 21st Century where he, as the last
witch hunter, was still around after 800 years, keeping the world safe from the
dark witches.

Though, unfortunately,
depicting all witches as dark, the script by Writers Cory Goodman, Matt Sazama
and Burk Sharpless also suffered from too many cooks stirring the same pot and became confusing at times.However, the overall story was interesting
and the presence of Michael Caine and Rose Leslie
(Game
of Thrones)made this worthy
Halloween viewing for those who want to experience a few scares.

About Me

Brian Porzak: I am a cinephile who likes to view films with a live audience. My taste runs the gamut, including indies, studio films, foreign films and most all genres. Because I see so many films, friends often ask me what to see. So, I thought I'd blog about what is worth seeing or not. As a writer/filmmaker myself, I hope to give a more uplifting perspective than the typical critic. Filmmaking is tremendously difficult. Just because some problems might exist in a particular work does not, necessarily, destroy its enjoyability and I think that is necessary to point out to would-be viewers.
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